Definitions for prone
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. proneadjective

   having a tendency (to); often used in combination

   "a child prone to mischief"; "failure-prone"

2. prone, prostrateadjective

   lying face downward

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. proneadjective

   Lying face downward; prostrate.

2. proneadjective

   Having a downward inclination or slope.

3. proneadjective

   Shooting from a lying down position.

4. Etymology: From pronus.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PRONEadjective

   Etymology: pronus, Latin.

   1. Bending downward; not erect.

   There wanted yet a creature not prone,
   And brute as other creatures, but indu’d
   With sanctity of reason, might erect
   His stature, and upright with front serene
   Govern the rest. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. vii.

   2. Lying with the face downwards: contrary to supine.

   Upon these three positions in man, wherein the spine can only be at right lines with the thigh, arise those postures, prone, supine and erect. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

   3. Precipitous; headlong; going downwards.

   Down thither prone in flight
   He speeds, and through the vast ethereal sky
   Sails between worlds. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. v.

   4. Declivous; sloping.

   Since the floods demand,
   For their descent, a prone and sinking land:
   Does not this due declivity declare
   A wise director’s providential care? Richard Blackmore.

   5. Inclined; propense; disposed. It has commonly an ill sense.

   The labour of doing good, with the pleasure arising from the contrary, doth make men for the most part slower to the one and proner to the other, than that duty, prescribed them by law, can prevail sufficiently with them. Richard Hooker.

   Those who are ready to confess him in judgment and profession, are very prone to deny him shamefully in their doings. Robert South, Sermons.

   If we are prone to sedition, and delight in change, there is no cure more proper than trade, which supplies business to the active, and wealth to the indigent. Addison.

   Still prone to change, though still the slaves of state. Alexander Pope.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. prone

   Prone position () is a body position in which the person lies flat with the chest down and the back up. In anatomical terms of location, the dorsal side is up, and the ventral side is down. The supine position is the 180° contrast.

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1. prone

   Prone generally refers to a position or state of lying flat or facing downwards. It can also mean being likely or susceptible to experience or suffer from something. The term can also refer to a natural inclination or tendency towards a particular condition or behavior.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Proneadjective

   bending forward; inclined; not erect

2. Proneadjective

   prostrate; flat; esp., lying with the face down; -- opposed to supine

3. Proneadjective

   headlong; running downward or headlong

4. Proneadjective

   sloping, with reference to a line or surface; declivous; inclined; not level

5. Proneadjective

   inclined; propense; disposed; -- applied to the mind or affections, usually in an ill sense. Followed by to

6. Etymology: [L. pronus, akin to Gr. , , Skr. pravana sloping, inclined, and also to L. pro forward, for. See Pro-.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Prone

   prōn, adj. with the face downward: bending forward: headlong: disposed: inclined or sloping.—adv. Prone′ly.—n. Prone′ness. [O. Fr.,—L. pronus; cog. with Gr. prēnēs, prone.]

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1. pronenoun

   Exessively large breast on a woman; Large man breasts, created and often used by Phil P. Also said as Tig Ol' Bitties. And we'd all like to see your Tig' Ol Bitties... -- Lil' Jon & The Eastside Boyz featuring Ying Yang Twins (Get Low) reverse the letters "T" and "B" in "Tig Ol' Bitties" to see where the term comes from...

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1. preon

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of prone in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of prone in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of prone in a Sentence

1. Neema Guliani:

   Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai is right to back a temporary ban on face recognition -- and the United States should likewise halt law enforcement use of this technology without delay. As reports this weekend further confirmed, unethical surveillance companies will not wait for regulations before pushing their untested, error-prone and dystopian face tracking technologies on police departments across the country and the world.

2. Police Commissioner Kevin Davis:

   These partnerships are absolutely working, we look at people who are prone to committing violence again and again.

3. Pawel Kaczorowsky:

   We are trying to take mitigation measures but the problem is huge. Trees die or are weakened and susceptible to woodworm attacks and the forest is more prone to fire.

4. Adam Campbell:

   I realize they’re different, but I tried it anyway given that it appears to be safe and that other preventative measures haven’t worked for me, i seem far more prone to cankers sores when I’m really stressed or sick, so I’m extra vigilant about lysine supplementation at those times. And for me, it appears to be effective.

5. Lawyer Thomas Vinje:

   But instead of being prone to being demoted, Google's comparison-shopping service is systematically promoted to the most visible spots in Google's search results.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=prone
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Prone
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=prone
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prone
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prone
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=prone